Improvement in apparatus for drawing effervescent liquids



T. WARKER.l K Apparatus for Drawing Effervescent-Liquids.

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THOMAS wAExEE, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING EFFERVESCENT LIQUIDS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 159,054, dated January 26, 1875; application tiled J une 12, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS WARKER, of the city and county of New York, State of' New York, have invented a new and useful Improved Apparatus for Drawing Eiervescent Liquids; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawlng- Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of my invention.

Similar letters indicate correspondin g parts.

This invention relates to an improvement on that class of apparatus which I have described in my Patent No. 144,309, dated November 1S, 1873, a-nd which consists essentially in the arrangement of a pressure-relieving chamber between the vessel from which an ett'ervescent liquid is to be drawn and the vessel which is to receive the liquid so drawn.

My present improvement consists in combining, with the pressure-relieving chamber, a lever, which controls the gas-valve and the liquid-discharge valve, in such a manner that by pressing against said lever the gas -valve is rst opened, and the surplus gas is allowed Vto escape before the liquid-discharge valve is opened.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the pressure-relieving chamber, which connects, by a pipe, B, with a vessel, C, that contains an e'ervescent liquid, such, for instance, as champagne. In this pipe is a stop-cock,AD, which controls the communication between the vessel C and the relieving-chamber A, and a valve, E, is provided to let olf any surplus pressure that may exist in the relieving-chamber. This valve is situated in a chamber, F, from the inner yend of which extends a pipe, G, up to the upper part of the relieving-chamber, while the valve E is pressed up against its seat a by a spring, b. From the bottom part of the relieving-chamber A extends the discharge-pipe H, which is closed by a stop- Valve, I, and which,when this valve is opened, communicates with the spout J. A spring, c,

forces the valve I up against its seat d. This valve is situated in a chamber, K, and its stem extends out through the end of this chamber, and connects with a yoke, e, that embraces a lever, L, which swings on a pivot, j', secured in an arm which projects from the chamber K. The lower end of this lever connects, by a rod, g, with the stem of the gasvalve E.

When the stop-cock D is opened the liquid from the fountain passes up into the relievingchamber A, and the quantity of liquid sufficient to fill one or more tumblers, which is contained in the chamber A, is subjected to the same pressure which exists in the fountain. If this quantity of liquid should be allowed to discharge from the relieving-chamber into the tumbler under this Original pressure the gas contained in the liquid would escape with the foam, and all the eftervescent quality ofthe liquid would disappear but by opening the gas-valve E before the stop-valve T is thrown open, the surplus gas is allowed to escape from the relieving-chamber, and in the same manner as it escapes from a champagnebottle when the cork is drawn, and the liquid retains the gas which is absorbed in its body, so that when the same is discharged from the relieving-chamber into a tumbler under the ordinary atmospheric pressure it retains a certain eft'ervescent quality, which can be observed by the bubbles rising in the same.

By my present arrangement the operation of the apparatus is rendered simple and easy.

I disclaim everything shown and described in my Patent No. 144,309, previously mentioned.

What I clailn as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the lever L with the gas-valve E, stop-valve I, and pressure-relieving chamber A, substantially in the manner and for the scribed.

THOMAS WARKER.

Witnesses:

W. HAUEF, A. H. NORRIs.

purpose herein shown and de- 

